Eric Edwards, Baron Chelmer

The Lord Chelmer
Chelmer by Walter Bird, 1963
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
31 January 1963 – 3 March 1997
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born9 October 1914
Died3 March 1997 (aged 82)
Political partyConservative
Alma materUniversity of London

Eric Cyril Boyd Edwards, Baron Chelmer MC, previously styled Sir Eric Edwards,[1] (9 October 1914 – 3 March 1997) was an English solicitor and organiser for the Conservative Party. He was Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations from 1957 to 1965,[2][3] and Joint Treasurer of the party from 1965 to 1977.[2]

  1. ^ "Hansard". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Lords. 13 February 1963. col. 979.
  2. ^ a b Cosgrave, Patrick (6 March 1997). "Obituary: Lord Chelmer". The Independent. p. 14. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Lord Chelmer". The Times. 5 March 1997.